The 2012 Alaska State Baseball Champion Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears are working through their own Arizona sun training as they compete in the Coach Bob National Invitational. Complete scores and high lights are not available at press time.

Currently the Crimson Bears defeated Elizabeth, CO 6-5, Denver Christian, CO 7-6. JDHS played Boulder Creek, a school of over 3,000, on Tuesday.

The 2012 Alaska State Baseball Champion Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears pose with their trophy after winning the title in Anchorage last June. Only seniors Lance Ibesate, Brenden Winters, Josh Magnuson and Ryan Kelly graduated. Returning are Kyle Gould, Kellen Johansen, Tanner Petrie, Jackson Lehnhart, Christian Gould, Tal Norvell, Jeffery Pusich, Julian Minne, Tod Baseden, Jack Withington, Kurt Vandor and Nathan Klein. The team is currently playing in the Coach Bob National Invitational Tournament in Arizona and won their first two games, beating Elizabeth, COLO. and Denver Christian, COLO.

The Thunder Mountain High School boy’s basketball team had another page of history in their hands ready to be written during double overtime at the 2013 4A boy’s state basketball tournament on Friday at Anchorage’s Sullivan Arena.

Although that history will be scripted and read at a later date, the moments provided in this game will live on in the program’s young existence and set the bar for future Falcons’ teams.